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April 2021, Cologne: maybe yes, maybe no (2020) for two clarinets and string quartet

May 2021, Linz: Die Katze, die Ihre eigene Wege ging (2019) – chamber opera (libretto Anne-May Krüger)

Based in Rudyard Kipling's short story "The cat that walked by himself", Mike Svoboda teamed up with Anne-May Krüger, who wrote the libretto, to compose yet another work for young listeners. The opera, Die Katze, die

Commissioned for the ARD International Music Competition, Mike Svoboda has written two new Concert Etudes, No. 6 Six introverted verses and No. 7 Five extroverted choruses for solo trombone. Intended to be premiered at the

Two courageous percussionists, Zacarias Maia and Dino Georgeton, took it upon themselves separately to record Mike Svoboda's Cartesian Rainbow, a work for solo percussion which he composed in 2018 for the performer

The city of Stuttgart, Germany has one of the longest running and prestigious composition contests in Europe. Open to anyone of any age with a residency in Germany, the jury – which includes one performer/composer and

In 2010 Mike Svoboda took time to write a piece, just for his own personal development with no commission, no requests to follow from a concert promoter, no one to please but myself. Some consider the resulting work

Mike Svoboda will be conducting Harrison Birtwistle’s work 9 Setting of Celan with the soprano Rinnat Moriah and the ensemble zone expérimentale basel. The performance of the work is embedded in a larger festival setting

The harp duo Aecstaly – Alice Belugou and Estelle Costanzo – together with Andreas Eduardo Frank (live electronic) premiere Mike Svoboda’s echo yes no at the ZeitRäume Festival on the September 21st. Designed to follow FREUDE